Eight Reported Dead As NCDC Confirms 479 New COVID-19 Cases

A total of 479 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been confirmed in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed late Tuesday.

In a post on its Twitter handle, the centre said the new cases were recorded in 22 out of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Lagos State recorded the highest number of cases with 153 infections, while Akwa Ibom State reported the lowest case with one infection.

Eight new deaths were also announced, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country to 1,923.

479 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-153
Enugu-75
Rivers-50
FCT-40
Kaduna-18
Ebonyi-17
Plateau-17
Edo-17
Borno-16
Oyo-12
Kano-11
Abia-10
Cross River-10
Taraba-9
Nasarawa-7
Bauchi-4
Bayelsa-3
Delta-3
Ekiti-2
Niger-2
Ogun-2
Akwa Ibom-1 pic.twitter.com/Vykyqt12Ei

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 2, 2021

These latest cases bring the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria to 156,496, with the virus spreading to all 36 states and the FCT.

Below is a breakdown of the confirmed cases in the various states, according to the NCDC.